Author: BooMan

I can tell that I am from Jersey because I think Mary/Merry/Marry are all pronounced differently. The two consonants are perfectly balanced in “Mary.” (MARE-REE) The first consonant is emphasized in...

Not that they all agree with it, but Congress authorized the government’s expansive surveillance powers and either knew about it or had neglected to know about it despite being offered the right to know about it....

Maybe Matt Taibbi feels that he is just balancing the ledger. If a bunch of hack reporters are unjustly trashing Bradley Manning and making the debate about his trial too much about Manning’s personality quirks, then...

Before I went to bed last night, I saw that two polls had been released, both of which indicated that Rep. Ed Markey has a strong lead in his campaign to win John Kerry’s seat in the U.S. Senate. The special election will...

Gun violence got a little personal for me today. Someone killed his father and brother and then proceeded to shoot and kill more people until he arrived at Santa Monica Community College and shot some students. He was killed in...